Published: Nov 21, 2017, 04:03 PM (IST)
Edited: Dec 14, 2017, 07:28 PM (IST)
Cricket began with Test matches. Later on, it gained momentum with the introduction of 65-, 60-, and 55-over matches before the length was normalised to 50 overs. World Cups had a big role in keeping the audience interests intact. In 2007, amidst some hesitancy, the inaugural World T20 was organised in South Africa. After becoming a blockbuster hit, many countries have started franchise cricket to promote and spread the shortest format in a big way.
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Cricket continues to experiment and have begun the T-10 league, the first of it’s kind, in Sharjah. This is a 10-over contest, as the name suggests, and includes some big names of blink-and-a-miss format, from Virender Sehwag to Eoin Morgan to Shahid Afridi to Inzamam-ul-Haq to Tamim Iqbal.
The fixtures for the four day-event have been drawn as given below along with the respective timings.
| Date | 17.30 IST | 19.30 IST | 21.30 IST | 23.30 IST |
| 14/12/2017 | Opening Ceremony | Bengal Tigers v Kerala Kings | Maratha Arabians v Pakhtoons | |
| 15/12/2017 | Bengal Tigers v Punjabi Legends | Maratha Arabians v Team Sri Lanka | Punjab Legends v Kerala Kings | Pakhtoons v Team Sri Lanka |
| 16/12/2017 | Team 1 of Group A v Team 3 of Group B | Team 3 of Group A v Team 1 of Group B | Team 2 of Group A v Team 2 of Group B | 5th place match between bottom two |
December 17, 2017
First Semi Final: Team 1 overall v Team 4 overall (match starting at 17:30)
Second Semi Final: Team 2 overall v Team 3 overall
Final to be followed by closing ceremony
All matches will be played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
